About

State-owned enterprise Sonangol EP is dedicated to the marketing of crude oil and products with a commitment to provide high quality services that meet the highest standards of performance and offer high value primarily through teamwork and investment in personnel. Amongst its high performing personnel, the company’s legal team stand out as a key asset to the company and a prime contributor to its projects within the country. The Angolan legal team is led by general counsel Tiago Neto, who has a demonstrated history of working in the oil and energy industry. The day-to-day activities of operating in the oil and energy industry has required the team to be particularly skilled in the areas of negotiation, petroleum, arbitration and corporate law, with the team utilising these skills on a number of transactions, namely the sale of oil-block, bank stakes and plans to enhance oil recovery in West Africa in the face of an offshore production decline.